The People v. Cain

Harry Cain, Clarence Wood and Cecil Cain were convicted in the circuit court of Marshall county of larceny. A jury fixed the value of the property stolen at $25.42. Cecil Cain was admitted to probation. Harry Cain and Wood (hereinafter referred to as the defendants) were sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary. They prosecute this writ of error.

To obtain a reversal of the judgment of conviction the defendants make two contentions. Of these the first is that the trial court erred in admitting in evidence the confession of Cecil Cain, a co-defendant. This confession was read to the jury…